Description |
392 pages : map ; 22 cm. |
Summary |
"Monsieur Perdu calls himself a literary apothecary. From his floating bookstore in a barge on the Seine, he prescribes novels for the hardships of life. Using his intuitive feel for the exact book a reader needs, Perdu mends broken hearts and souls. The only person he can't seem to heal through literature is himself; he's still haunted by heartbreak after his great love disappeared. She left him with only a letter, which he has never opened. After Perdu is finally tempted to read the letter, he hauls anchor and departs on a mission to the south of France, hoping to make peace with his loss and discover the end of the story. Joined by a bestselling but blocked author and a lovelorn Italian chef, Perdu travels along the country's rivers, dispensing his wisdom and his books, showing that the literary world can take the human soul on a journey to heal itself. "-- Provided by publisher. |
Subject |
Booksellers and bookselling -- Fiction.
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Books and reading -- Fiction.
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Mental healing -- Fiction.
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Paris (France) -- Fiction.
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Genre |
Psychological fiction.
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Added Author |
Pare, Simon, translator.
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Added Title |
Lavendelzimmer. English.
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ISBN |
9780553418774 |
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0553418777 |
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